The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500–1800 - Hardcover

Parker, Geoffrey

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521474264 ISBN 13: 9780521474269

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. In this attractively illustrated and updated edition, Geoffrey Parker discusses the major changes in the military practice of the West during this time period--establishment of bigger armies, creation of superior warships, the role of firearms--and argues that these major changes amounted to a "military revolution" that gave Westerners a decided advantage over people of other continents. A new chapter addresses the controversies engendered by the previous edition.

About this title

Book Description:

Well before the Industrial Revolution, Europe developed the superior military potential and expertise that enabled her to dominate the world for the next two centuries. This text discusses the major changes in the military practice of the West during this time period.

About the Author:

Geoffrey Parker is Robert A. Lovett Professor of Naval and Military History, Yale University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521474264
• ISBN 13: 9780521474269
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 285